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G. E. FELL.

REFRIGERATOR.

No. 364,809. Patented June 14, 1887.

INVENTOR:

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEiCEs GEORGE E. FELL, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATIQII' forming part of iletters'Patent Nog 364,809, dated June14, 188'7.

Application tiled January 22,1887. Serial No. 225,105. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. FELL, of-

age-chamber is so arrangedin connection with the walls ot'an outerinclosing-case that, a proper water connection having been established,a constant flow or `current of water will be maintained about the saidstoragechamber, as will be hereinafter more fully described, andspecically pointed out in the claim. A

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters ofY referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l'is a sectional elevation of my improved form of refrigerator,the view being taken on line x x of Fig. 3, and the apparatus beingrepresented as provided with three storage-chambers, all of which arearrangedwithin an outer inclosing-case. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionalelevaiion taken online y y of Fig. 1,and Fig. 8 is a sectional plan Viewtaken on line z z of Fig. 2.

In constructing such a refrigerator as-the oneillustrated in thedrawings above referred to, I provide an outer shell or case, 10, withinwhich there is arranged an inner case, the in- Y terior of whichconstitutes a storage-chamber;

or this case could be divided into two, three, four, or more separateand independent storage-chambers, three of such storage chambers beingrepresented ,in the drawings. This innercase is shown at 11, and the twocases, 10 and l1, are separated by a water-space which entirelysurrounds the inner case, the two cases being separated and held in therequired relative' position by any prop'er form of spacing and `holdingdevices. Communication with the space 12, which surrounds the inner easeand separates said case from the outer casa-.is established by means ofan inductionpipe, 13, and an eduction-pipe, 14, the arrangement beingsuch that a connection may 'from said space through the pipe or tube 14.

In building a refrigerator in accordance with the terms of my inventionit is extremely desirable that the water should be forced to flowkbackward and forward between the several compartments of the case 11;and to that end I arrange a vertical partition, 15, in the space 12,between the tubes 13 and 14, and between the storage-chambers I arrangewater-spaces 16 and 17, the rear portion of the upper wall of thewater-chamber 16, upon that side of the refrigerator in connection withwhich the tube 13 is arranged, being extended across the space 12, whilethe forward portion of the lower wall of the watersehamber 16, upon thesameaside, is carried across said water-space 12, as shown at 7c, othersimilar partitions being arranged, as shown atl, m, and a, so that waterentering the tube 13 will pass forward in the direction of the arrowsshown in Figs. l and 2 to apertures a, formed in the walls of the case11, above the partition la, thence passing through the waterchamber 16,which is centrally divided by a vertical partition, 18, out throughother aper tures, b, formed at the opposite side of the ease 11, andinto the right-hand side of the waterspace beneath the partition a,thence downward to apertures c, above the partition m, through theforward portion of the waterchamber 17, said chamber being divided by avertical partition, 19, through apertures d to4 the left-hand side ofthe forward portion of the waterspace 12, below the partition Z, thenbeneath the lower storage compartment, then into the righthand side ofthe lower portion of the water-space 12, across the right-hand side ofthe lower storage-compartment to apertures corresponding with theapertures e of the space 17, then through the rea-r portion of saidwater space or chamber 17 to the left-hand side of the space 12, abovethe partition AZ, npward and through apertures f, leading to the v rearportion of the space 16, below thc parti- IOO tion k, thenee throughsaid space and into the righthand portion of the space 12, above thepartition n, and iinaily out through the tube 14, from which arrangementit will be seen that a constant backward and forward new of water ismaintained within the refrigerator, all portions of the storageehenibersof which may be kept at an even low temperature.

Communication with the storage Chambers or compartments of therefrigerator is established by means of an opening in the forward sidesof the cases 10 and 11, which opening is arranged to be closed by e.door, 20, Under ordinary circumstances the constant fiow of fresh, coolwater would serve to hold the temperature of the storage-chambers as lowas would probably be desired; but in extremely hot Weather anioe-storage receptacle might be placed on top of the refrigeratorapparatus above described, the said iee-receptaele being arranged sothat the Water entering the tube 13 would be cooled thereby.

If desired, the cool water passing through the water-space 12 might bedrawn off in such quantities as might be desired by means of a stopeoeklocated at any convenient positionas, for instance, at 21--z1s shown inFigB 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, li claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- A refrigerator consisting of' the outer easing, 10, 'provided with the inlet and outlet openings 13 and 14, theinner casing, 11, having the apertures a, b, c, d, e, and f, and arranged within the outer casing to form n Water-space, 12, and dividedinto storage-chambers, the water-spaces 16 and 17 between the chambers.and divided by vertical partitions 1S and 19, respeetirely, thepartition 15 in the space 12 between theiniet and outlet openings, andthe partitions it, Z, m, and n in the space 12, the partitions 7c mbeing extensions of the .lower walls of the spaces 1G and 17', respectively, on opposite sides, and the partition Z n being extensions of theupper walls ol the said spaces on opposite sides, substantially as herein shown and described.

G EORGE E. FELD.

1'di/'itnesseszv y l JOHN W. Eynnirr, ALEXANDER DUNN.

